Word: qaeda
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...country's largest ethnic group, who don't seem to live in any time zone at all. Last week the Obama Administration didn't propose going to war with the Pashtun. But a larger American presence in Afghanistan, and the Obama Administration's focus on the Taliban and al-Qaeda elements in the tribal border regions, runs that very risk...
...senior Sahwa tribal sheiks are al-Qaeda's "enemy No. 1," according to the source, because as Sunnis, they stood against their co-religionists in the insurgency and sided with a Shi'ite-led government. (The Americans have dropped to fourth on the enemies list, he adds, after Iraqi security forces and all those who work in the government.) Low-level Sahwa members have been encouraged to return to the jihadis' fold. Indeed, in mid-March, the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), al-Qaeda in Iraq's main front group, posted a communique on several jihadist websites announcing an amnesty...
...counter this threat. If it moves to purge suspect elements within the Sahwa, it could face a violent backlash and claims of sectarian prejudice, deepening already tense ties with the Sunni community. The weekend's spasm of street violence in Fadhil, a central Baghdad neighborhood once completely under al-Qaeda control, may be a harbinger of things to come. Iraqi forces clashed with members of the Sahwa movement in the neighborhood after they moved in to arrest its leader Adil al-Mashhadani. Fierce fighting ensued, leaving four dead. Mashhadani was detained on a litany of charges, including "improvised explosive device...
...important for Obama, who has made stabilizing Afghanistan a foreign policy priority, Tehran's offer lends unlikely international support to his new strategy for the country, unveiled last Friday. With the Taliban making inroads, allied casualties at their highest since the war began, and Al Qaeda still lurking in the remote border areas, the president's plan involves raising troop levels in Afghanistan and sharing the burden of rebuilding. The conference in The Hague - which included delegates from 70 nations - aims to internationalize reconstruction efforts...
...halting the Taliban's momentum and preventing the country being used as a base for terrorists. In The Hague, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton even talked of negotiations with reconcilable Taliban insurgents, promising "reintegration into a peaceful society if they are willing to abandon violence, break with al-Qaeda, and support the constitution...